The census is an important national event as it counts everyone in the country at a particular time. The first known census was undertaken by the Babylonians in 3800 BC, and many will be familiar with ...

The RTÉ Guide archives offer glimpses of Irish telly and radio over the decades. On this week back in 1989, a still familiar ...

Welcome to the RTÉ Archives Acetate Disc Collection. The presentation of these recordings is a work in progress you are welcome to explore and listen here to the content as it is being added to and ...

The first major administrative act by an independent Irish government, what was involved in compiling the census 100 years ago?

Announcement introducing a programme about Irish folk music recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission. Music is played at the end of the recording [possibly unrelated to the announcement?]. The ...

Circus Hoffman extends a tour of Ireland at a time when no Irish circus companies are putting on shows. Hoffman, the German named, British-based circus, is in Ireland for a stint of shows over the ...